Best thing is to work with the RFL, not against them, as has been proven in recent weeks/months at Belle Vue it seems.

The simple fact as I see it is Halifax were competing against Widnes and Barrow for a licence. They lost out to Widnes and everyone expected that to be it but they were given a second chance. I suspect the RFL knew Crusaders were struggling and were also keeping a watching eye on how we were going under the new regime and thus Halifax were kept in as an insurance policy.

Halifax clearly would not be stronger than us in the community, commercial or youth development areas (and to be fair you would not expect them to be), I suspect Savilles have seen the plans to temporarily upgrade BV and the NM plans and felt these are suitably strong as well.

hands up whos seen the applications , no i thought not . how can the halifax chair call ours without seeing ours ... its all done on points we scored an A on many areas and on the community ect was heralded as the blueprint ... littlerich should return to being a comedian instead of a politician .

i really feel sorry for halifax i thought they would get it , but they have not . they need to concentrate on getting instead slating Wakefield

Fax should just keep there cool,And know if no stadium is built this time around they will be in

You are very proud of your communuity work and youth structure. All very easy to set up when you have millions of Sky money coming every year. You have had a decade to build a new stadium and done NOTHING. Why should you be given an extra year?

Well said Michael Steele.A club in admin,with a ground that hasn't been improved in at least the last 3 years,no approval for a new ground gets in ahead of a club that has ticked all the things that Wakey haven't.The rfl have just compounded what every decent supporter of rugby league already knows IT IS BENT.Good luck to 13 teams in SL for the next 3 years and if anyone from Wakey comes anywhere near me asking for my support as a resident of Wakefield there is only 1 thing they will get told P*** **F

Alot of funding comes in from elsewhere for the community work off the back of the value it offers and the youth structure is supported by squadbuilder and our new 1873 lottery scheme.

If were gonna talk about Sky money what about the two years of money we never got. As I said you were competing with Widnes and Barrow for a licence and lost out to Widnes. Clearly other than perhaps Crusaders , you were always going to struggle to have a better overall bid than the existing SL clubs because said clubs have all the infrastructure required in place.

You could always move to Halifax.

Factually wrong on two points.

1. I'm almost certain that the community dept at WTW is cost neutral, as Davide Longo and his team have consistently generated a massive amount of grant income.

2. As for stadium - we'll be playing out of Newmarket in 18 months time.

The Halifax chairman should take a chill pill and ease off Wakefield. Why does he think we were the weakest applicant of those who got in? Why does he think their application is better than ours?

We have long been touted for the drop due to stadia, yet the franchise application is over many criteria and not one or two. We are not the only club not to yet have a new ground but we are going to up grade before 2012. Further we've been trying for many years and politics has stopped us.

Why does he not have a go at Quins, Salford or Cas? Why does he think we are worse than his application. Spouting off impulse reactions will not help his case with the RFL.

I genuinely see a future for Halifax in Super League and hope they get there. However the Chairman should have facts and not believe everything he reads in the media.

Yes, but you have the RFL/Sky money to spend to get it going in the first place, which then attracts grants. Do you honestly believe Halifax wouldnt be able to attract the same grants?



From the RFL's own FAQ released a week agoNew stadiums or redevelopments of existing stadiums have only been taken into account if the RFL Board was satisfied that the stadium will be open or the redevelopment finished by the start of the 2012 season.'"

BV is being upgraded in time for start of 2012 season

Believe it when I see it. You made the same promises last time and broke them. The Shay is ready now. If you redeveloped all four sides of BV it still wouldnt be half the ground that the Shay is. Perhaps if we want a license next time around we should demolish half of the shay and go bust the season before. Its worked for you!